Harrison Dreiling has always loved the games of football and baseball. The multi-sport star for the Augusta Orioles was the football team’s quarterback and defensive back during the fall and threw strikes as a pitcher during the spring semester.

So you can understand the dilemma Dreiling faced after the 2005-06 school year when he had to make a choice between playing baseball or playing football…or both.

The National Wild Turkey Federation will be conducting their third annual Walnut River Limbhangers Chapter Banquet and membership drive on Aug. 30 at the Augusta Armory.

The Friday Nite Bowling league will be conducting their annual meeting for the upcoming season this Friday at 7 p.m. at Holiday Bowl Lanes.
The league will start Aug. 22. Anyone interested in participating in the league can call Terry Hagebusch at 775-3911.

A men's fall outdoor soccer league is starting up Sept. 7th at Butler Community College. Registration deadline for teams and individual players looking for teams to play on is Sept. 1st. Games are on Sundays only, the cost is $40 per player. For more info please call Adam at 259-1773 or Jeff at 308-6945.

Olympians who disparage their opponents better be able to be able to put their medals where their mouth is.

The French 4x100 freestyle relay team found that out Sunday night.

The first week of the National Football League exhibition season concluded Monday night with the Cincinnati Bengals beating the Green Bay Packers, 20-17. That brings me to the upcoming weekend and something I look forward to every year: the annual fantasy football draft.

    The Butler Grizzlies had their first full day of outside practice Friday as they begin preparations for defending their 2007 NJCAA national and seven-time Jayhawk Conference champions on the school’s practice facilities.

Sponsored by the WFO Car Club of  Augusta

Arizona Cardinals linebacker Monty Beisel has learned many lessons as he enters his eighth season in the National Football League and, perhaps, the top two items on that list that has helped him continue his career is to be two things: versatile and professional.